IICE2016 - Dubai: The IAFOR International Conference on Education

The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) invites you to participate in the IAFOR International Conference on Education - Dubai 2016 and enjoy the amazing city of Dubai, UAE. Held along with the IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning, at the InterContinental Festival City Event Centre from March 2-4, join us as we discuss this year's conference theme, "Education and Social Justice: Global Trends, Local Solutions" along with Conference Chair Prof. Sue Jackson, International Director of Program Prof. Steve Cornwell, IAFOR Chairman Prof. Stuart D.B. Picken and other featured presenters! To submit an abstract for presentation or participate as an audience member, please visit the website or contact us for more information. Submit an abstract: http://iafor.org/cfp Visit the conference website: http://iafor.org/conferences/iicedubai2016/ Enquiries: iicedubai@iafor.org ***Conference Theme: "Education and Social Justice" The conference theme for IICE-Dubai2016 is "Education and Social Justice", and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this theme from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of interdisciplinary and theoretical perspectives. In this conference – one of a series of five held in 2016 on education and social justice – participants are invited to explore and question ways in which education can bring about change and social justice. Abstracts should address one or more of the streams below, identifying a relevant sub-theme: Sub-Themes: -Inclusive approaches: developing equity in education -Education, globalization and social justice -Developing transnational spaces for equality in education -Challenges of literacy and communication through the global and the local -Education and social justice: power and disempowerment Submissions are organized in to the following thematic streams: -Inclusive approaches: developing equity in education -Education, globalization and social justice -Developing transnational spaces for equality in education -Challenges of literacy and communication through the global and the local -Education and social justice: power and disempowerment Visit the conference website for further details: http://iafor.org/iicedubai2016-call-for-papers/#conference-streams ***About IAFOR and its events IAFOR welcomes thousands of academics to our conferences each year, which range in size from around 100 to in excess of 500 attendees. They do so because of the supportive and nurturing research environment, because of the unique networking opportunities, and because of the strength of the organization's platform. Our conferences are meticulously planned and programmed under the direction of prominent academics to ensure that they offer programs of the highest level, and are also quite unique in the way in which they are supported by some of the world's leading academic institutions, including the University of London (UK), Virginia Tech (USA), Monash University (Australia), Barcelona University (Spain), Waseda University (Japan), the National Institute of Education (Singapore), and The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKSAR). IAFOR's credibility has enabled it to become a genuine pioneer, and has grown to be the most respected and trusted organization encouraging international, intercultural and interdisciplinary study. The organization is a formative influence in providing new research avenues and visionary development solutions necessary in our rapidly emerging globalized world. We welcome you to engage in this expanding global academic community of individuals and network of institutions, and look forward to seeing you at one of our future events, as we look forward to breaking new ground, together. To learn more about IAFOR - http://iafor.org ***IICE-Dubai2016 Conference Chair Professor Sue Jackson IICE-Dubai2016 Conference Chair Birkbeck, University of London, UK Sue Jackson is Pro-Vice-Master (Vice-President) for Learning and Teaching, Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender and Director of Birkbeck Institute for Lifelong Learning at Birkbeck University of London. She publishes widely in the field of gender and lifelong learning, with a particular focus on identities. Sue's recent publications include Innovations in Lifelong Learning: Critical Perspectives on Diversity, Participation and Vocational Learning (Routledge, 2011); Gendered Choices: Learning, Work, Identities in Lifelong Learning (Springer, 2011, with Irene Malcolm and Kate Thomas); and Lifelong Learning and Social Justice (NIACE, 2011). Sue is also the Director of the IAFOR Education Research Institute.